Palm Beach County kids learn to swim and snorkel thanks to partnership

Maria Lorenzino / Sun Sentinel

Captain Mike Engel helps Jairrod Ward, 12, into the water on Tuesday, July 28, off the coast of Boynton Beach. Ward is part of Project Seahorse, a nonprofit partnership in the community designed to help children in Palm Beach County learn how to swim and snorkel.

Kyha Henderson holds hands with her buddy during a snorkeling trip off Boynton Beach on July 28, as a part of Project Seahorse. Project Seahorse is a nonprofit partnership with the community and corporate sponsors designed to teach children in Palm Beach County learn how to swim and snorkel.

Forty-two children, ages 10 to 12, on Tuesday boarded vessels and went snorkeling at the site of Lofthus, the Norwegian ship that sank in 1898 about 200 yards offshore from the Boynton Beach coast. The children are part of three of the city of Boynton Beach’s summer camp programs, which are showing them snorkeling and the marine resources right off Boynton Beach shores.